Use Firefox instead of IE - Page 3

Clay · 01-20-05, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rewt

I'm having zero problems with IE on XP Pro SP2.

Someone show me a site where I'll have problems (security or otherwise) with the latest version of Internet Explorer.

I don't have any problems either. I use IE about 20% of the time (for various work/client purposes) but I just prefer Firefox over IE for the other 80% of my web browsing.

rewt · 01-20-05, 12:15 PM

Thats cool.

I have the latest version on my PC too. Just haven't used it much ever since SP2 came around.

Clay · 01-20-05, 12:20 PM

Yeah I think where many here are coming from (in strongly praising Firefox and griping about IE) is that in their line of work they may have to support end users' PCs. "Joe User" that is either poorly informed or (just not very smart) can bring a lot of headache upon themselves and those that support them more easily with IE than with Firefox.

rewt · 01-20-05, 12:26 PM

Yeah I totally agree with that. It takes a bit of extra tweaking to get IE to run secure as it should be. The new Microsoft AntiSpyware and Norton Internet Security are really handy too

Daneel Olivaw · 01-20-05, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clay

Yeah I think where many here are coming from (in strongly praising Firefox and griping about IE) is that in their line of work they may have to support end users' PCs. "Joe User" that is either poorly informed or (just not very smart) can bring a lot of headache upon themselves and those that support them more easily with IE than with Firefox.

Ya hit the nail on the head bud.

**saturnotaku** · 01-20-05, 01:51 PM

I don't really have any gripes at all about IE. Like a lot of others, I simply prefer the features and flexibility of Firefox. Overall, there are a few issues Firefox still have left to work out (some Javascript, Flash and other plugin problems) but the added security, tabbed browsing and extension support are tops in my book.

Dr.Nick · 01-20-05, 01:59 PM

All I know if that ever since I stopped using IE(even with SP2) I haven't found a single piece of spyware. That alone is more than enough for me to never use it again.

Daneel Olivaw · 01-20-05, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr.Nick

All I know if that ever since I stopped using IE(even with SP2) I haven't found a single piece of spyware. That alone is more than enough for me to never use it again.

rewt · 01-21-05, 08:21 AM

Browser Security Test

Firefox 1.0 Test results:
High Risk Vulnerabilities 0
Medium Risk Vulnerabilities 0
Low Risk Vulnerabilities 0

IE 6 Test results:
High Risk Vulnerabilities 0
Medium Risk Vulnerabilities 0
Low Risk Vulnerabilities 0

Pop Up Test

Firefox 1.0 Pop up blocker test results
Normal popup blocking = Passed
Full-screen popup blocking = Passed
Channel-opener popup blocking = Passed
Modeless dialog blocking = Passed
Browser window popup blocking = Passed
User-launched HREF-method popup allowing = Passed
User-launched JavaScript-method popup allowing = Passed
User-launched OnClick-method popup allowing = Passed
User-launched Delayed-method popup allowing = Passed

You scored 100 , a rating of Outstanding!

IE 6 Pop up blocker test results
Normal popup blocking = Passed
Full-screen popup blocking = Passed
Channel-opener popup blocking = Passed
Modeless dialog blocking = Passed
Browser window popup blocking = Passed
User-launched HREF-method popup allowing = Passed
User-launched JavaScript-method popup allowing = Passed
User-launched OnClick-method popup allowing = Passed
User-launched Delayed-method popup allowing = Passed

You scored 100 , a rating of Outstanding!

The two browsers tied so far. All tests done with both browsers at default settings on XP Pro SP2.

NIS or Microsoft Antispyware were NOT installed on this machine.

rewt · 01-25-05, 06:51 AM

Guys I didn't mean to kill the thread. Just thought I'd post some test results of mine

I've been using Firefox more often now and its beginning to grow on me. I really like those extension support too. The bandwidth tester is really handy. No longer need to go to a website to check my bandwidth!

Clay · 01-25-05, 07:55 AM

You didn't kill it.

Your results were neat to see. I think everyone just got tired of going around in circles.

Aurthus · 01-25-05, 01:10 PM

only prob i've had with firefox is with tabbed browsing, it eats more and more memory with the more tabs you have opened BUT.. it doesn not free that memory after you close the tabs... you need to close firefox completly to free it. ( it will free some from closing the tabs, just not asmuch as it used to open it) I'm sure they will fix this bug soon though.

01-20-05, 12:15 PM	#26
rewt mmm, Beer.. :drooling: Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 3,667	Re: Use Firefox instead of IE Thats cool. I have the latest version on my PC too. Just haven't used it much ever since SP2 came around. __________________ My pimp'n rig Athlon64 Venice 3000+ @ 2.6GHz (4100+) · Win XP Pro x86, Vista Ultimate x64 · eVGA K8-NF41 nForce4 SLi · Corsair XMS 1.5GB PC3200 CAS2/1T · eVGA 2x 6600GT SLi · Leadtek Winfast TV2000 XP Deluxe · Western Digital Caviar SE ½TB RAID 0/1 · PowerLink LPK2-30 400W · LiteON LDW-411S OC to 811S 8x DVD±R/RW/ROM · MicroAdvantage 64MB QuickiDrive · Samsung SyncMaster 931B 19" LCD · Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse USB · Sony PSXtoUSB Analog Gamepads · Memorex MX2700 Multimedia Keyboard · Lexmark 3200 Color Jetprinter · nForce Network Controller 1Gb/s LAN (Cable ~3Mb/s down) · ΩPioneer Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

01-20-05, 12:20 PM	#27
Clay Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,992	Re: Use Firefox instead of IE Yeah I think where many here are coming from (in strongly praising Firefox and griping about IE) is that in their line of work they may have to support end users' PCs. "Joe User" that is either poorly informed or (just not very smart) can bring a lot of headache upon themselves and those that support them more easily with IE than with Firefox. __________________ SLI GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB @ 550/1700 \| MSI K8N Neo4/SLI \| A64 X2 4400+ Toledo \| CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) TwinX PC 3500 \| Silverstone ST65ZF 650W\| 93.71\| XP SP2 and a Dell 2405FPW I personally believe that us americans are unable to do so because osama. People out there in our nation don't have that, And I believe that our education like such as south africa and such as the Iraq. everywhere "such as". And I believe our education should help the US should help the south africa and the iraq and the asian countries so we can build up our future. -- Miss Teen South Carolina

01-20-05, 12:26 PM	#28
rewt mmm, Beer.. :drooling: Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 3,667	Re: Use Firefox instead of IE Yeah I totally agree with that. It takes a bit of extra tweaking to get IE to run secure as it should be. The new Microsoft AntiSpyware and Norton Internet Security are really handy too __________________ My pimp'n rig Athlon64 Venice 3000+ @ 2.6GHz (4100+) · Win XP Pro x86, Vista Ultimate x64 · eVGA K8-NF41 nForce4 SLi · Corsair XMS 1.5GB PC3200 CAS2/1T · eVGA 2x 6600GT SLi · Leadtek Winfast TV2000 XP Deluxe · Western Digital Caviar SE ½TB RAID 0/1 · PowerLink LPK2-30 400W · LiteON LDW-411S OC to 811S 8x DVD±R/RW/ROM · MicroAdvantage 64MB QuickiDrive · Samsung SyncMaster 931B 19" LCD · Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse USB · Sony PSXtoUSB Analog Gamepads · Memorex MX2700 Multimedia Keyboard · Lexmark 3200 Color Jetprinter · nForce Network Controller 1Gb/s LAN (Cable ~3Mb/s down) · ΩPioneer Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

01-20-05, 01:51 PM	#30
saturnotaku Apple user. Deal with it. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The 'burbs, IL USA Posts: 12,502	Re: Use Firefox instead of IE I don't really have any gripes at all about IE. Like a lot of others, I simply prefer the features and flexibility of Firefox. Overall, there are a few issues Firefox still have left to work out (some Javascript, Flash and other plugin problems) but the added security, tabbed browsing and extension support are tops in my book.

01-20-05, 01:59 PM	#31
Dr.Nick Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,044	Re: Use Firefox instead of IE All I know if that ever since I stopped using IE(even with SP2) I haven't found a single piece of spyware. That alone is more than enough for me to never use it again. __________________ i7 920@4.03\|asus p6t7ws\|6gb ocz\|gtx580oc sli\|x-fi fatality\|x25m+12tb\|enermax 1kw\|dell u3011 & 2405fpw

01-21-05, 08:21 AM	#33
rewt mmm, Beer.. :drooling: Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 3,667	Re: Use Firefox instead of IE Browser Security Test Firefox 1.0 Test results: High Risk Vulnerabilities 0 Medium Risk Vulnerabilities 0 Low Risk Vulnerabilities 0 IE 6 Test results: High Risk Vulnerabilities 0 Medium Risk Vulnerabilities 0 Low Risk Vulnerabilities 0 Pop Up Test Firefox 1.0 Pop up blocker test results Normal popup blocking = Passed Full-screen popup blocking = Passed Channel-opener popup blocking = Passed Modeless dialog blocking = Passed Browser window popup blocking = Passed User-launched HREF-method popup allowing = Passed User-launched JavaScript-method popup allowing = Passed User-launched OnClick-method popup allowing = Passed User-launched Delayed-method popup allowing = Passed You scored 100 , a rating of Outstanding! IE 6 Pop up blocker test results Normal popup blocking = Passed Full-screen popup blocking = Passed Channel-opener popup blocking = Passed Modeless dialog blocking = Passed Browser window popup blocking = Passed User-launched HREF-method popup allowing = Passed User-launched JavaScript-method popup allowing = Passed User-launched OnClick-method popup allowing = Passed User-launched Delayed-method popup allowing = Passed You scored 100 , a rating of Outstanding! The two browsers tied so far. All tests done with both browsers at default settings on XP Pro SP2. NIS or Microsoft Antispyware were NOT installed on this machine. __________________ My pimp'n rig Athlon64 Venice 3000+ @ 2.6GHz (4100+) · Win XP Pro x86, Vista Ultimate x64 · eVGA K8-NF41 nForce4 SLi · Corsair XMS 1.5GB PC3200 CAS2/1T · eVGA 2x 6600GT SLi · Leadtek Winfast TV2000 XP Deluxe · Western Digital Caviar SE ½TB RAID 0/1 · PowerLink LPK2-30 400W · LiteON LDW-411S OC to 811S 8x DVD±R/RW/ROM · MicroAdvantage 64MB QuickiDrive · Samsung SyncMaster 931B 19" LCD · Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse USB · Sony PSXtoUSB Analog Gamepads · Memorex MX2700 Multimedia Keyboard · Lexmark 3200 Color Jetprinter · nForce Network Controller 1Gb/s LAN (Cable ~3Mb/s down) · ΩPioneer Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

01-25-05, 06:51 AM	#34
rewt mmm, Beer.. :drooling: Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 3,667	Re: Use Firefox instead of IE Guys I didn't mean to kill the thread. Just thought I'd post some test results of mine I've been using Firefox more often now and its beginning to grow on me. I really like those extension support too. The bandwidth tester is really handy. No longer need to go to a website to check my bandwidth! __________________ My pimp'n rig Athlon64 Venice 3000+ @ 2.6GHz (4100+) · Win XP Pro x86, Vista Ultimate x64 · eVGA K8-NF41 nForce4 SLi · Corsair XMS 1.5GB PC3200 CAS2/1T · eVGA 2x 6600GT SLi · Leadtek Winfast TV2000 XP Deluxe · Western Digital Caviar SE ½TB RAID 0/1 · PowerLink LPK2-30 400W · LiteON LDW-411S OC to 811S 8x DVD±R/RW/ROM · MicroAdvantage 64MB QuickiDrive · Samsung SyncMaster 931B 19" LCD · Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse USB · Sony PSXtoUSB Analog Gamepads · Memorex MX2700 Multimedia Keyboard · Lexmark 3200 Color Jetprinter · nForce Network Controller 1Gb/s LAN (Cable ~3Mb/s down) · ΩPioneer Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

01-25-05, 07:55 AM	#35
Clay Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,992	Re: Use Firefox instead of IE You didn't kill it. Your results were neat to see. I think everyone just got tired of going around in circles. __________________ SLI GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB @ 550/1700 \| MSI K8N Neo4/SLI \| A64 X2 4400+ Toledo \| CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) TwinX PC 3500 \| Silverstone ST65ZF 650W\| 93.71\| XP SP2 and a Dell 2405FPW I personally believe that us americans are unable to do so because osama. People out there in our nation don't have that, And I believe that our education like such as south africa and such as the Iraq. everywhere "such as". And I believe our education should help the US should help the south africa and the iraq and the asian countries so we can build up our future. -- Miss Teen South Carolina

01-25-05, 01:10 PM	#36
Aurthus Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: N.Y. Posts: 62	Re: Use Firefox instead of IE only prob i've had with firefox is with tabbed browsing, it eats more and more memory with the more tabs you have opened BUT.. it doesn not free that memory after you close the tabs... you need to close firefox completly to free it. ( it will free some from closing the tabs, just not asmuch as it used to open it) I'm sure they will fix this bug soon though. __________________ A64 3500+ winnie : Ga-K8ns-939 mobo : Zalman 7000b-Cu Led Hs/F 24/35* idle/load : 2x512mb Mushkin pc3200 in Dc : Aspire 520W triple fan psu : Bfg 6800Gt Oc : 80gig Wd 7200 hdd : 2x Rosswell DL DvD+/-Rw : Saitek Gamers Keyboard : Logitech mx310 : 19" Envision CRT : Logitech Z3e : Aerocool Aeroengine-Jr Bk Wifes Rig :: P4c 2.8 w/htt : Ecs mobo : 1Gig Ram : Leadtek A6200TD 8x1/3vp : 19" Envision Crt

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